From Funchal to Hastings…..Madeira holiday

Mosaic paving in Funchal Just returned from a fantastic week in Madeira.  Funchal is not unlike Hastings – perched on hills dropping down to the sea – and in fact the view of Hastings Old…

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Come on Hastings – ditch that crazy Link Road!

Excuse this presumption from a Hastings newcomer, but I just thought I’d write this little rant about the proposed new Hastings-Bexhill Link Road before going on holiday. Today we were trundling along the Ridge at…

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Sun and fossils at Pett Level

What a glorious sunny day today!  We went down to Pett Level – it was low tide, so we walked along the beach.  I had read somewhere that it is possible to walk all along…

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Nabucco at the White Rock, Hastings – Loved it!

Just a quick note about a bit of local culture…. at the weekend we went to see Nabucco at the White Rock Theatre, put on by Opera South East.  Heaven knows, I have been to…

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Those funny lamp posts on the Stade open space…

Does anyone else find those big wooden lamp posts on the Stade open space really unsympathetic?       The Philosopher and I were having coffee in the Eat cafe on the Stade this morning – a…

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